Many Japanese investors are seeking opportunities to acquire shares of local credit institutions after some Japanese banks have actively taken part in the local market over the past three years.

In the first nine months of this year, shrimp export value reached US$2 billion, accounting for almost half of the country’s total seafood export revenue. They are expected to reach US$2.8 billion in 2013.

International investors and foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises operating in the country may be allowed to open investment accounts in Vietnamese dong in addition to those in foreign currency.

After nearly two years piloting agricultural insurance schemes, many obstacles to the implementation were raised at the conference on "Vietnam agricultural insurance and international experience" organised by the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) in Hanoi on November 13, 2013.

Credit institutions have restructured nearly VND300 trillion (US$13.63 billion) in debts, accounting for 10 per cent of total outstanding loans.

This was the topic of a recent workshop in Hanoi on reports on achievements and experience sharing after four years of implementing the Sustainable Product Innovation (SPIN) in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The meeting brought a comprehensive view of sustainable product innovation realities and prospects in Vietnam in particular and in Southeast Asia in general.

Viet Nam saw a US$2.69 billion trade surplus with the UK over the past 10 months, according to the General Department of Customs.

PVD Deepwater is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PV Drilling, in charge of managing the deepwater rig - semi-submersible tender assist drilling rig - TAD (PV DRILLING V). Since the first day the TAD delivered and operating in offshore Vietnam, PVD Deepwater has paid strong attention to risk management in rig operation and management. Therefore, the risk management system has been set up compatible with overall management system.

The trend toward retail banking will only get stronger in Viet Nam as banks realise the vast potential of the market, experts said at the ASEAN Banker Forum held yesterday in HCM City.

Strict standards of intellectual property rights the U.S. has suggested during negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are forecast to cause challenges to Vietnamese enterprises and prompt many related lawsuits.